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2 accused of conspiracy, beheading plan in Boston terror probe

Two men are facing charges they conspired to help a known terror organization in connection to the probe into the death of a man who was shot by terrorism investigators as they tried to question him about a possible plot to kill police officers.

Two men are facing charges they conspired to help a known terror organization in connection to the probe into the death of a man who was shot by terrorism investigators as they tried to question him about a possible plot to kill police officers.

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Updated: 12:21 PM EDT Jun 12, 2015

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WEBVTT ANTOINETTE: NICHOLAS ROVINSKI WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY. WE ARE LIVE AT THE COURTHOUSE. HE IS NOT THE ONLY MAN CHARGED WITH THIS CONSPIRACY. THE OTHER MAN IS DAVID WRIGHT. HE WAS CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTION. HE IS NOW CHARGED AS A CO-CONSPIRATOR. THE HEARING IS TWO HOURS AWAY. PROSECUTORS HAVE RELEASED THE AFFIDAVIT. THE TWO MEN WERE CONSPIRING TO FIGHT FOR ISIS ON AMERICAN SOIL. THAT MEANT BEHEADING A CITIZEN OR KILLING A COP. FEDERAL AGENTS DRIVING NICHOLAS ROVINSKI TO COURT THIS MORNING. HE ARRIVED WITH VERY LITTLE FANFARE, SHARP CONTRAST FROM HIS ARREST LAST NIGHT AT HIS HOME IN WARWICK. HE IS CHARGED WITH CONNECTION IN THE PLOT TO KILL LITTLE -- KILL POLICE OFFICERS. THE FBI SAY THEY SHOT AND KILLED RAHIM AFTER HE LUNGED AT THEM WITH A COMBAT KNIFE LAST WEEK. NICHOLAS ROVINSKI IS THE SECOND PERSON CHARGED HIS NEPHEW WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK. HE WAS CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. THAT CHARGES PENDING IT. BOTH MEN ARE CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO AID THE ATOMIC STATE. -- ISLAMIC STATE. THEY WERE AIDING ISIS. THE AFFIDAVIT SAYS THAT THEY WOULD WRITE EARNED -- URGED HIS UNCLE TO MAKE A WILL. AND TO WIPE THE MEMORY FROM HIS LAPTOP. NICHOLAS ROVINSKI ACKNOWLEDGED HIS ALLEGIANCE TO ISIS IN HIS INTERVIEW WITH THE FBI. HE SAID EVENTUALLY ALL PEOPLE WILL BE BROUGHT UNDER THE CONTROL OF ISIS. THE

2 accused of conspiracy, beheading plan in Boston terror probe

Two men are facing charges they conspired to help a known terror organization in connection to the probe into the death of a man who was shot by terrorism investigators as they tried to question him about a possible plot to kill police officers.